Question

What is the equation of the line with an x-intercept of -1 and a y-intercept of 2?

y = 2x - 2
y = - 2x + 2
y = 2x + 2

Answer 1

y=mx+b
m=slope

Answer 2

i got this

Answer 3

m=x so -1
y=2

Answer 4

y-intercept

Answer 5

dang...@kidrah69 stole my answer

Answer 6

well, i got that much i wasn't sure how to put that information into an equation...

Answer 7

Ok
y=mx+b right
where m is the slope
and
b is the y intercept

Answer 8

wooooowww i was thinking way harder than i should of, but also -1 isnt an answer i can pick...

Answer 9

There has to be more information than you gave then :/

Answer 10

OH

Answer 11

Wait but theres no slope :/

Answer 12

i copied and pasted my question to here..thats all there is..

Answer 13

is it 2 divided by -1 maybe???

Answer 14

No, @amistre64 might know :/

Answer 15

i have no idea...

Answer 16

thank you for helping me though!!:) @kidrah69

Answer 17

we are intercetping the axises;

the y intercept is the x=0 axis, let x=0 what is y?

the x intercept is the y=0 axis, let y=0, what is x?

Answer 18

....i dont understand...

Answer 19

you dont understand which part of it, the addition or the multiplication?

Answer 20

i didnt understand what you meant for me to do. like how to set up what you were telling me..

Answer 21

do you have equations to test out?

Answer 22

my entire question is above... is;
y = 2x - 2
y = - 2x + 2
y = 2x + 2

Answer 23

those are my possible answers

Answer 24

so they look like: y = mx + b?

if so then ....

the y intercept is the x=0 axis, let x=0 what is y?

the x intercept is the y=0 axis, let y=0, what is x?

Answer 25

i'm sorry...im really slow when it comes to math...

Answer 26

do you see an x?

Answer 27

i see x's in all of the equations

Answer 28

then turn them into 0s ... what do we end up with?

Answer 29

ohhhhh i got you!:) just take one of the equations and replace x with 0 find y and do the same thing but switched around??

Answer 30

yes, not sure what you mean by switch around tho; when you are done finding the ys for x=0

redo them, let y=0 and find the values of x

Answer 31

yeah thats what i meant like place 0 in for x, find y, then put 0 in for y and find x.

Answer 32

good, the option that matches the information given in the problem is the correct then one.

try it out and we can correct you if need be.

Answer 33

so when i find x-intercept is -1 and y is 2 thats the right equation. just making sure i fully understand

Answer 34

correct

Answer 35

thank you so much!:)

Answer 36

youre welcome

Answer 37

i got y=2x+2 for an answer